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Old 09-15-2011, 01:21 PM
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AS U ALL KNOW, I GOT THE THE HALO PROJECTOR HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES.
I CHANGED EVERYTHING TO HID 20000K ROYAL BLUE AND SAME WITH MY FOG LIGHTS.
BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY LEFT SIDE (LOW BEAM IS NOT AS BRIGHT AS MY RIGHT.. WHY IS THAT?
FIRST I PLUGGED EVERYTHING IN, THE HID IN THE SOCKET ON BOTH SIDE AND TURNED THE LIGHT ON (AND DID NOT PUT EM IN THE PROJECTOR), THEY ARE EVEN ON BOTH SIDE.
AS SOON AS MY PLUG MY LEFT ONE IN THE PROJECTOR IT GOT SO WEAK COMPARING TO MY RIGHT...
I TRIED TO TURN THE HID BULB LEFT AND RIGTH THEN MOVED THE PROJECTOR LEFT AND RIGHT, UP AND DOWN AND NOTHING CHANGED.
IS THIS IS NORMAL????

PS: SORRY FOR THE CAPS, I LEFT IT ON.
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My HID's in my projectors, (which my projectors are the same as yours), are very bright, My only problem was evening out the projector up and down, so the beams of light were both even, it made mine look like it was less bright than the other when it was not aligned, but as you said you already checked that. Did you use the screw driver to move the projector up and down, on the adjustment, on the back of the housing? I know it could be a stupid question, but just trying to help.
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Originally Posted by OGCLK320
My HID's in my projectors, (which my projectors are the same as yours), are very bright, My only problem was evening out the projector up and down, so the beams of light were both even, it made mine look like it was less bright than the other when it was not aligned, but as you said you already checked that. Did you use the screw driver to move the projector up and down, on the adjustment, on the back of the housing? I know it could be a stupid question, but just trying to help.
yes boss i did.... funny thing is that on my left projector,:
if u turn left, it will turn right.
if u turn right, it will turn left.
same with up and down and its the opposite.

but my other projector on the right, if u turn left, it turn left and so forth.

weird and i saw the arrows on the back of the projectors as well....

i got all the lights ligned up (even height wise) and so forth except i could not get my left one to be as bright as my right. its annoying .. once i take the bulbs out of the projectors, they are even. Go figure..
thank u again

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Originally Posted by big_mike1979
AS U ALL KNOW, I GOT THE THE HALO PROJECTOR HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES.
I CHANGED EVERYTHING TO HID 20000K ROYAL BLUE AND SAME WITH MY FOG LIGHTS.
BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY LEFT SIDE (LOW BEAM IS NOT AS BRIGHT AS MY RIGHT.. WHY IS THAT?
FIRST I PLUGGED EVERYTHING IN, THE HID IN THE SOCKET ON BOTH SIDE AND TURNED THE LIGHT ON (AND DID NOT PUT EM IN THE PROJECTOR), THEY ARE EVEN ON BOTH SIDE.
AS SOON AS MY PLUG MY LEFT ONE IN THE PROJECTOR IT GOT SO WEAK COMPARING TO MY RIGHT...
I TRIED TO TURN THE HID BULB LEFT AND RIGTH THEN MOVED THE PROJECTOR LEFT AND RIGHT, UP AND DOWN AND NOTHING CHANGED.
IS THIS IS NORMAL????

PS: SORRY FOR THE CAPS, I LEFT IT ON.
Sorry bro.....no such thing.
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20000K-30000K HID bulbs will run you about $250 here in Japan
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Ohhhh! C43 just got tolddd!! By Williams!!!! hahaaa
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Marketing/advertising ≠ reality. A company that sells bulbs calling them 30000k doesn't mean they're actually 30000 kelvin color temp. It just means that the people buying the bulbs probably think they're 26000 times bluer than factory and will shell out hundreds of dollars to have worse (but bluer) night vision.
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Marketing/advertising ≠ reality. A company that sells bulbs calling them 30000k doesn't mean they're actually 30000 kelvin color temp. It just means that the people buying the bulbs probably think they're 26000 times bluer than factory and will shell out hundreds of dollars to have worse (but bluer) night vision.

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20000K-30000K HID bulbs will run you about $250 here in Japan
buy em from the state , much cheaper for u bro.
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Originally Posted by Josh K
Marketing/advertising ≠ reality. A company that sells bulbs calling them 30000k doesn't mean they're actually 30000 kelvin color temp. It just means that the people buying the bulbs probably think they're 26000 times bluer than factory and will shell out hundreds of dollars to have worse (but bluer) night vision.
u are wrong Josh. the higher u go, the brighter and stronger the bulb will get AND U CAN SEE MUCH BETTER AND CLEARER..... u wanna tell me that these lights are weaker than the factory or about the same????
look at the fog light!!!!!!!https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class...questions.html

my low beam are the same as my fog but waiting on my mail...
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Originally Posted by big_mike1979
u are wrong Josh. the higher u go, the brighter and stronger the bulb will get AND U CAN SEE MUCH BETTER AND CLEARER..... u wanna tell me that these lights are weaker than the factory or about the same????
look at the fog light!!!!!!!https://mbworld.org/forums/clk-class...questions.html

my low beam are the same as my fog but waiting on my mail...
Wassup boss. Dude is always negative. Just look at his post previous telling a guy he can find 8K HID lights at any "Ricer" shop. Come on man, WTH, I mean Really!!! 'Ricer'??? Wondering what he would say about you and your HIDs at 200000 K

Can't wait to see his answer on this one...

What's the wattage and lumen output of your bulbs?

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Originally Posted by Williams707
Wassup boss. Dude is always negative. Just look at his post previous telling a guy he can find 8K HID lights at any "Ricer" shop. Come on man, WTH, I mean Really!!! 'Ricer'??? Wondering what he would say about you and your HIDs at 200000 K

Can't wait to see his answer on this one...

What's the wattage and lumen output of your bulbs?
LOL he is wrong no matter what he tries to say..... bro,i will check for u later on and will post it up.... i got all the info in the car.
and the ballast will play a major role as well,i got 2 diff one as well.
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He's probably doing research to find more stupid stuff to say...
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Originally Posted by Williams707
He's probably doing research to find more stupid stuff to say...
LOL i looked at the bulb and it did not say... but i looked at the ballast and said 35w+-3 w
this is a pic for my low beam 20000k royal blue.
and MR JOSH PLEASE LOOK AT EM, u may need glasses to tell the diff between royal blue and factory ligths Lol AND THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AND TRUST ME, ITS MUCH MUCH CLEARER ON THE VISON
but whatever makes u happy boss.
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Originally Posted by big_mike1979
AS U ALL KNOW, I GOT THE THE HALO PROJECTOR HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLIES.
I CHANGED EVERYTHING TO HID 20000K ROYAL BLUE AND SAME WITH MY FOG LIGHTS.
BUT I HAVE NOTICED THAT MY LEFT SIDE (LOW BEAM IS NOT AS BRIGHT AS MY RIGHT.. WHY IS THAT?
FIRST I PLUGGED EVERYTHING IN, THE HID IN THE SOCKET ON BOTH SIDE AND TURNED THE LIGHT ON (AND DID NOT PUT EM IN THE PROJECTOR), THEY ARE EVEN ON BOTH SIDE.
AS SOON AS MY PLUG MY LEFT ONE IN THE PROJECTOR IT GOT SO WEAK COMPARING TO MY RIGHT...
I TRIED TO TURN THE HID BULB LEFT AND RIGTH THEN MOVED THE PROJECTOR LEFT AND RIGHT, UP AND DOWN AND NOTHING CHANGED.
IS THIS IS NORMAL????

PS: SORRY FOR THE CAPS, I LEFT IT ON.

swap bulbs around and see if it does same thing .
if it does then you got some bad ballast if their 35 watt ballast then you got a dud or about to be . Those 20000k bulbs do not putout lumens as much as a 4300-5000k bulb . no way possible unless you running a differnt wattage maybe like a 55 watt but then if you ran 4300-5000k again your light would put out further then 20000k this is speaking hid to hid not hid againt a halogen . if you want a igot a plug on ebay i found 55wat bulbs and ballast $50 shipped .. so far they been good for last 3-4 months havnt flickered burnt out anything . Im not affiliated with them
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Originally Posted by MBFLO
swap bulbs around and see if it does same thing .
if it does then you got some bad ballast if their 35 watt ballast then you got a dud or about to be . Those 20000k bulbs do not putout lumens as much as a 4300-5000k bulb . no way possible unless you running a differnt wattage maybe like a 55 watt but then if you ran 4300-5000k again your light would put out further then 20000k this is speaking hid to hid not hid againt a halogen . if you want a igot a plug on ebay i found 55wat bulbs and ballast $50 shipped .. so far they been good for last 3-4 months havnt flickered burnt out anything . Im not affiliated with them
i swapped the bulbs and got new everything and cant figure it out.. maybe its the lens from inside my projector???????
let me be more specific..
first time i got the ballast and they started to flicker ( they sent me total of 6 new ballast with new calbes and new bulbs)then they recommended me to upgrade the ballast which called advanced something something and my light got wayyyyyyyyyy brighter and got soo dark navy as u can see.. both are 35w.. my previous ballast was lil weaker as far as in the color blue and it was not bright.. the advanced one made is much brigher and very royal...
not to mention my set up for my projector are halogen originally but i bought a conversion , not sure if that makes any diff regarding the 35 and 55w

but thanks for the offer. im set with these lights and very happy and they dont flicker

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